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we went to the eisenhower ranch in gettysburg after reagan won the primary and eisenhower began to give advice about politics. but they also talked about national security. a lot of times and we know from the nest of those conversations, they talked often about vietnam. bear in mind this is 65, 66, 67. this was a key issue. they talk about vietnam and eisenhower's observations were a bad idea to get into a land war in asia but if you get in any war you have got to plan to win it and he was really disdainful of the johnson approach to a slice at a time gradualism that eisenhower one quote was as a company holding a hill give me a division and i will take it without any casualties. eisenhower message to reagan was if you are going to get involved think through why. don't do it without an endgame but if you do get involved full force all the way. i believe the concept of peace through strength came from that relationship. it was a close relationship. >> in the far back. >> did the ronald reagan you knew the one who occupy the white house have a sense of his place in history and if he did h
we went to the eisenhower ranch in gettysburg after reagan won the primary and eisenhower began to give advice about politics. but they also talked about national security. a lot of times and we know from the nest of those conversations, they talked often about vietnam. bear in mind this is 65, 66, 67. this was a key issue. they talk about vietnam and eisenhower's observations were a bad idea to get into a land war in asia but if you get in any war you have got to plan to win it and he was...
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understand that eisenhower was a west pointer, class of 1915. not to put too fine a point on it, he was a west point snob. he didn't have the appreciation of a mirror reserve officer to keep hidden where the west point ring. it's surprising, because eisenhower obviously was intelligent and he was a capable leader and administrator or so what makes you wonder what was it about his professional military education that led him to denigrate to a certain extent reserve officers. but doolittle, as i quote in the book, wrote to his wife in late 1943, i guess i finally sold myself to general eisenhower because i'm going to command the 15th air force. eisenhower did not necessarily have a veto on that decision because he was in the process of moving up to england to establish the supreme allied headquarters there, but he certainly demonstrated his acceptance of doolittle two months after doolittle established the 15th air force, and requested him to run the eighth air force for the rest of the war. >> and let's talk just a minute about doolittle's replac
understand that eisenhower was a west pointer, class of 1915. not to put too fine a point on it, he was a west point snob. he didn't have the appreciation of a mirror reserve officer to keep hidden where the west point ring. it's surprising, because eisenhower obviously was intelligent and he was a capable leader and administrator or so what makes you wonder what was it about his professional military education that led him to denigrate to a certain extent reserve officers. but doolittle, as i...
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we know of these because of the records that are at the eisenhower library. reagan had a hero but also of note. the archvillain in reagan's life was robert kennedy, his supreme nemesis. in 1961 upon becoming his brother's attorney general he pursued corruption with a vengeance. he also targeted political opponents. kennedy hold reagan before a grand jury two weeks later. the justice department subpoenaed. the matter never resulted in an indictment, he lost his job. they got the news over lunch on sunday. i just lost my job. his daughter confirmed that same daughter confirmed that same bobby kennedy had a hand in this cancellation. this may not be accurate. others pointed out that they were losing ratings. liens leaned on general electric and caused the cancellation. he sought retribution during a debate. television in europe, but he went all out when kennedy entered the presidential campaign sweepstakes with reagan really got actively involved in campaigning for the presidential population. kennedy in and then relented if a religious man. his minister was one
we know of these because of the records that are at the eisenhower library. reagan had a hero but also of note. the archvillain in reagan's life was robert kennedy, his supreme nemesis. in 1961 upon becoming his brother's attorney general he pursued corruption with a vengeance. he also targeted political opponents. kennedy hold reagan before a grand jury two weeks later. the justice department subpoenaed. the matter never resulted in an indictment, he lost his job. they got the news over lunch...
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i was dwight eisenhower. that same area, carried a majority of southern electoral votes. that is the history that could have been. race intervened in a major way, something as seemingly ordinary as a telephone call from the kennedy camp to mrs. martin luther king in 1960 at the time that dr. king has been arrested, expressing their concern while nixon remained conspicuously silent. >> which is not say the kennedy were so progressive or enlightened. >> such heated atmosphere. our own henry cabot ronald, who nix wonout on his ticket that year and with all due respect may be the only demonstrable example of a modern vice presidential candidate who wound up costing his ticket votes, but for good reason. he went up to harlem and he promised there would be an african-american in the cabinet if richard nixon became president. which immediately threw the nixon campaign into a tail spin, which was systemic of their problem. the republican platform in 1960 contained the strongest civil rights plank in the civil rights but richmond nixon within to atlanta and 125,000 people turn out
i was dwight eisenhower. that same area, carried a majority of southern electoral votes. that is the history that could have been. race intervened in a major way, something as seemingly ordinary as a telephone call from the kennedy camp to mrs. martin luther king in 1960 at the time that dr. king has been arrested, expressing their concern while nixon remained conspicuously silent. >> which is not say the kennedy were so progressive or enlightened. >> such heated atmosphere. our own...
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my dad says, president eisenhower. now, i, my young self, thought president eisenhower was the title of the job but i was really impressed. i said to my folks, when this president eisenhower dies who becomes the next president eisenhower? that is what eisenhower meant to a lot of families. then in 1964 i was all barry goldwater. i was 16 years old in high school. barry goldwater was against the draft. favored legalizing marijuana and prostitution. what more could a 16-year-old boy ask for. then he voted against the civil rights act. what is that other party called? that was our pivotal change for a lot of people. but i've been on both sides of the fence. and i still find a lot republicans have to offer that is very positive. unfortunately gets buried by a lot of other republicans but that is the past my job again, to siphon truth, to look through that political landscape and begin to help it make sense to everybody else. so that is why the polarized 1990s of bill clinton and newt gingrich became more divided over the l
my dad says, president eisenhower. now, i, my young self, thought president eisenhower was the title of the job but i was really impressed. i said to my folks, when this president eisenhower dies who becomes the next president eisenhower? that is what eisenhower meant to a lot of families. then in 1964 i was all barry goldwater. i was 16 years old in high school. barry goldwater was against the draft. favored legalizing marijuana and prostitution. what more could a 16-year-old boy ask for. then...
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at happenedw henry stheon the same states at life stevenson carrd ait eisenhower. s that because stephenson was a tougher guy in foreign licy th dwight dad eisenher no. sthenson put on the tick john smart men of alaamo was a fiter ofhe dixie mafeo whi clefor massive restance to immigratioanmaiv resistanceo e preme court cion when i was a senr high school. the demoats, look at the column i wrote for nixonwhere said nixon wt south and he id look let's leave tthe dixiecrat to squeezehe las ounces of political juice out of e tting fruit of racial injustice. nixon voted for e civil rights actof 1957 up 1960 64, 65 68 and he dsregated thsouth. once once the southst segregated, on i was off the tae naturally the south move raight into the republan party but only after it was desegregated. so it's a ve on i'm ppy to take it on in the book. thliberawhining and compinin none othem whine d mpin when fdr was wanting all cnderate states ertime hran all four times. >>at ere livestreaminthis progm nit and we asked our viewers to submit thei questionson mail and i'm going to ask o
at happenedw henry stheon the same states at life stevenson carrd ait eisenhower. s that because stephenson was a tougher guy in foreign licy th dwight dad eisenher no. sthenson put on the tick john smart men of alaamo was a fiter ofhe dixie mafeo whi clefor massive restance to immigratioanmaiv resistanceo e preme court cion when i was a senr high school. the demoats, look at the column i wrote for nixonwhere said nixon wt south and he id look let's leave tthe dixiecrat to squeezehe las ounces...
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with a military internet complex the coming together of these powerful forces and hearkening back to eisenhower military-industrial complex speech that we will talk about a year. this begins at the tail end of the bush administration mitt check a few years to take the threat seriously. there was talk of the highest level for many years but it did not catch on until the end bush was not the most technologically inclined in once said he used the google to look at satellite images of his ranch and clinton is only send one e-mail the entire time he was in office. but where this takes off with the national security prairie is obama to use the internet masterfully very much the first internet president and he got a firsthand experience with cyberis the and irish and believed to be in china and they have done that can pay a system of but he comes in with a firsthand glimpse with an appreciation with the full their facilities from cyberspace and from day one to is this is classified briefings cyberis placed near the top so he has ahold their approach and may 2009 bombing gives a speech in the east rive
with a military internet complex the coming together of these powerful forces and hearkening back to eisenhower military-industrial complex speech that we will talk about a year. this begins at the tail end of the bush administration mitt check a few years to take the threat seriously. there was talk of the highest level for many years but it did not catch on until the end bush was not the most technologically inclined in once said he used the google to look at satellite images of his ranch and...
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the one with eisenhower but he could have an elected on any ticket but in 54 leading the republican party they lost 13 senate seats and in 1960 he lost narrowly in a contested election. we heard what happened in chicago he ran for governor and was defeated by governor brown. then he had the famous press conference when he said "this is it". he had it with the press think of all the fun you'll have when you don't have richard nixon to kick around because this is my last press conference. he was finished with even though he was out not only introduced goldwater at that convention in than campaign for himself. and then i arrived in 65. the republicans had 130 seats in the house. the 17 governorships. the state legislators were outnumbered it was between the goldwater wing and rockefeller romney. that is what nixon inherited with his great to come back. that is the situation i a encountered and how did i get bored? as i was the editorial writer and having some difficulty with my publisher at the time. and i thought maybe i should get out of the office and into the real world. so nixon was inv
the one with eisenhower but he could have an elected on any ticket but in 54 leading the republican party they lost 13 senate seats and in 1960 he lost narrowly in a contested election. we heard what happened in chicago he ran for governor and was defeated by governor brown. then he had the famous press conference when he said "this is it". he had it with the press think of all the fun you'll have when you don't have richard nixon to kick around because this is my last press...
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and if you've got a name like adlai stevenson, or if you're dwight eisenhower's brother, earl eisenhower, then you have a lot of name recognition and you win. so he moved pretty quickly into politics. he was very ambitious about what he might do. c-span: and he was governor of illinois how many terms? >> guest: oh, i was talking about the son who became senator... c-span: i'm sorry. >> guest: ... for times. c-span: but the--two. >> guest: adlai stevenson ii, this gets very difficult when you talk to people about who--which adlai ewing stevenson is being referred to. adlai stevenson ii also was a lawyer and but had this call. i don't think there's any other way to put it--you're called into public duty. he went to washington and worked in the new deal. and then he went back to chicago and he really wasn't very happy about being a lawyer in chicago and then he had various jobs in the un. and it's--the un saw--suited adlai and he it. and then he became governor of illinois and that's the only elective office that he ever had. c-span: you do notice as you read your book that there were a lot
and if you've got a name like adlai stevenson, or if you're dwight eisenhower's brother, earl eisenhower, then you have a lot of name recognition and you win. so he moved pretty quickly into politics. he was very ambitious about what he might do. c-span: and he was governor of illinois how many terms? >> guest: oh, i was talking about the son who became senator... c-span: i'm sorry. >> guest: ... for times. c-span: but the--two. >> guest: adlai stevenson ii, this gets very...
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eisenhower, of course, used that precedent in sending troops to little rock, arkansas, to enforce the supreme court decision on school desegregation. >> and now ceo rosen, in turn, is enforcing the time limit. [laughter] >> ladies and gentlemen, like the sixth amendment right to speedy trials, the national constitution center book fairs have to end on time. but i just have to thank, first of all, our two superb participants, harlow unger and judge wecth, for a spectacular conversation. [applause] .. a tribute to the c-span audience and a vindication of my faith that when the citizens of the united states are presented with the best arguments on all sides of complicated constitutional questions, they can pay attention and grasp them and make up their own minds. it's a privilege to share bill of rights day with you. thank you so much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> every weekend, booktv offers programming focused on nonfiction authors and books. keep watching for more here on c-span2 and watch any of our past proms online at booktv.org. >> jonathan yardley, how did you get into
eisenhower, of course, used that precedent in sending troops to little rock, arkansas, to enforce the supreme court decision on school desegregation. >> and now ceo rosen, in turn, is enforcing the time limit. [laughter] >> ladies and gentlemen, like the sixth amendment right to speedy trials, the national constitution center book fairs have to end on time. but i just have to thank, first of all, our two superb participants, harlow unger and judge wecth, for a spectacular...
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truman and eisenhower, very little movement from the bottom up or from the top down. you ask the historical community and they come out with a judgment of more or less along the lines, at the aspiration of greatness in a president centered culture, we have a presidential addiction. that would be ok if the addiction could be satisfied. i am arguing that the supply of truly great presidents has always exceeded the demand and now more than ever in our country's history we have a paucity of presidents you may detach the word great to. the number of military officers a couple years ago, i asked them, all combat that's roughly my age who was the last political leader in their lifetimes that they would attach the word great to? i gave ten minutes to answer the question, they couldn't identify one and they asked me, who do you think? it was a very easy answer, great political figure, i said martin luther king. one of them in exasperated fashion shot back but he died, he was assassinated, he was murdered in 1968. that is exactly the point. king with all his imperfections, no l
truman and eisenhower, very little movement from the bottom up or from the top down. you ask the historical community and they come out with a judgment of more or less along the lines, at the aspiration of greatness in a president centered culture, we have a presidential addiction. that would be ok if the addiction could be satisfied. i am arguing that the supply of truly great presidents has always exceeded the demand and now more than ever in our country's history we have a paucity of...
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in other words, president eisenhower devoted several full days sessions to all that. in fact cannon record inside his memoirs that eisenhower was the towering intellect among all these people who had been gathered to do this but also had the secretary of the tressy, secretary dulles there, a lot of high level government time devoted to that. you hat load of people across party lines. george was doing the exercise but a he had not been renewed as an ambassador by secretary dullless and forced into retirement but he was still able to play a big role in this process and it's also very hard for me to imagine that's going on -- none of that leaked. people didn't know about solarium until 40 or 50 years after it happened in any detail. people knew the outlines of it but no one talked in those days. no one had bob woodward -- no one was telling bob woodward what they thought during the solarium process when president highs 'hour is recap pit few lating the tree strategies. it's a potential model but i worry how we could execute it in today's environment. >> i would just add
in other words, president eisenhower devoted several full days sessions to all that. in fact cannon record inside his memoirs that eisenhower was the towering intellect among all these people who had been gathered to do this but also had the secretary of the tressy, secretary dulles there, a lot of high level government time devoted to that. you hat load of people across party lines. george was doing the exercise but a he had not been renewed as an ambassador by secretary dullless and forced...
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and i am deliberately hearkening back to president eisenhower's military industrial complex speech from 1961 which i'll talk about later. so this arrangement begins at the tail end of the bush administration, and it took a number of years for president bush and some of his senior national security advisers to start taking the threat of cyber attacks and cyber espionage seriously. there had been talk about this at the highest levels of government for years. president bush was famously not the most technologically inclined chief executive. he once said that he used "the google" to look at satellite images of his ranch in texas. not to pick on president bush, president clinton reportedly only sent one e-mail in the entire time he was in office. the internet was a fairly nascent infrastructure at the time. where this takes off, not surprisingly, is under president obama. who, of course, used the internet masterfully in his campaign, very much our first internet president, you might say. president obama actually got a firsthand experience with cyber espionage when he was on the campaign and
and i am deliberately hearkening back to president eisenhower's military industrial complex speech from 1961 which i'll talk about later. so this arrangement begins at the tail end of the bush administration, and it took a number of years for president bush and some of his senior national security advisers to start taking the threat of cyber attacks and cyber espionage seriously. there had been talk about this at the highest levels of government for years. president bush was famously not the...
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what happened was henry stephenson the same states at life stevenson carried against eisenhower. was that because stephenson was a tougher guy in foreign policy than dwight david eisenhower? no. stephenson put on the ticket john smart men of alabama who was a fighter of the dixie manifesto which called for massive resistance to immigration and massive resistance to the supreme court decision when i was a senior in high school. the democrats, look at the column i wrote for nixon where he said nixon went south and he said look let's leave it to the dixiecrat to squeeze the last ounces of political juice out of the rotting fruit of racial injustice. nixon voted for the civil rights act of 1957 up 1960 64, 65 68 and he desegregated the south. once once the southwest desegregated, once i was off the table naturally the south move straight into the republican party but only after it was desegregated. so it's a live on i'm happy to take it on in the book. the liberal whining and complaining none of them whine and complain when fdr was wanting all confederate states every time he ran all
what happened was henry stephenson the same states at life stevenson carried against eisenhower. was that because stephenson was a tougher guy in foreign policy than dwight david eisenhower? no. stephenson put on the ticket john smart men of alabama who was a fighter of the dixie manifesto which called for massive resistance to immigration and massive resistance to the supreme court decision when i was a senior in high school. the democrats, look at the column i wrote for nixon where he said...
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eisenhower put the word out to the military. he said start learning about cultures and languages of people and how they live and start looking at the world through their eyes instead of yours. we did that pretty well for a while but i sense we have kind of drifted away from that a little bit. i think that's very important. anyway i could wax on but we are already over time. are there any sandwiches left for those that might be hungry? okay, thank you all very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> manning he had planned for four years for this campaign. this started in 2010 right after he saw what happened in the republican primary for rand paul to contact your public and senator. rand paul beat mcconnell's handpicked guy trey grayson ended up i mcconnell realized i have to recalibrate everything i know about republican primary politics in my home state. he started to make changes and he hired key staff and started to build this very sophisticated infrastructure knowing that this would be the mos
eisenhower put the word out to the military. he said start learning about cultures and languages of people and how they live and start looking at the world through their eyes instead of yours. we did that pretty well for a while but i sense we have kind of drifted away from that a little bit. i think that's very important. anyway i could wax on but we are already over time. are there any sandwiches left for those that might be hungry? okay, thank you all very much. [applause] [inaudible...
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and house hearings on the central intelligence agency been accused america's president since white eisenhower of demanding squads. and with these thomas, this is where you guys come in they emerged a new sort of american politics. a stark discourse of reckoning. and so suddenly and so unceasingly. you will read these words from one expert. for the first time americans have had at least a partial law and fundamental believe in ourselves. we always believed that we were the new society and the last best hope on earth. for the first time we have begun to doubt that. and that was only in february of 1973. by 1976 the presidential year said we have become so routine that when nation geared up for a massive celebration of the bison -- bicentennial, to question whether america deserves to have a birthday party. and whether the party could come off without massive bloodshed, given that there have been 89 bombings attributed to terrorism by the fbi in 1975. the liberals of the new republic reflected upon the occasion of the most harrowing 1975 drama, the military collapse of the allied south vietnam c
and house hearings on the central intelligence agency been accused america's president since white eisenhower of demanding squads. and with these thomas, this is where you guys come in they emerged a new sort of american politics. a stark discourse of reckoning. and so suddenly and so unceasingly. you will read these words from one expert. for the first time americans have had at least a partial law and fundamental believe in ourselves. we always believed that we were the new society and the...
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if you remember, eisenhower was able to carry texas with the support of the conservative democrat establishment in both 1952 and 1956. and so by 1960 democrats were able with jack kennedy to recover the electoral college votes from texas. they had both senators, they now had the vice president from texas, lyndon johnson. and as michelle quickly pointed out, of the 181 members of the state senate and state house, there was not a single republican. the only republican in any significant office in the whole state of texas other than maybe two or three justices of the peace -- i don't even think there was a county commissioner or certainly not a county judge who was a republican in any of our 254 counties. the only republican of any office was a congressman by the name of bruce alger from the dallas area. and he was the lone, single republican. now, just to flash forward to 2014 and what is the situation in texas? it's totally different. this year of all 29 statewide officials that when they were elected were elected as republicans for every election since 1996, there's not been a democrat elected
if you remember, eisenhower was able to carry texas with the support of the conservative democrat establishment in both 1952 and 1956. and so by 1960 democrats were able with jack kennedy to recover the electoral college votes from texas. they had both senators, they now had the vice president from texas, lyndon johnson. and as michelle quickly pointed out, of the 181 members of the state senate and state house, there was not a single republican. the only republican in any significant office in...
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during the eisenhower administration for guy named later wrote a book called the ugly american and he was talking about the way americans acted in the way we will look at by other peoples around the world in laos and places like that. eisenhower put the word out to the military, he said start learning about cultures and languages and people and how they live, and start looking at the world through their eyes instead of yours. we did that pretty well for a while but i sense what kind of drifted away from that a little bit. so i think that's very, very important. but anyway, i could? on but we really over time. are there any sandwiches left? okay, thank you all very much. [applause] >> [inaudible conversations] >> last week john kerry warned diane feinstein t that the relee of report on cia interrogation tactics by her committee could put americans in danger overseas. as a result, he asked that adequate time be provided to prepare for the reports released. that's not expected to occur today. senator feinstein will talk about the report from the senate floor at around 11 am eastern. we'l
during the eisenhower administration for guy named later wrote a book called the ugly american and he was talking about the way americans acted in the way we will look at by other peoples around the world in laos and places like that. eisenhower put the word out to the military, he said start learning about cultures and languages and people and how they live, and start looking at the world through their eyes instead of yours. we did that pretty well for a while but i sense what kind of drifted...
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the beginning, it didn't work very well because presidents either didn't like it or in the case of eisenhower, it turns partly into a military staff system. but that is what really to me, that is what basically the nsc is supposed to do. it scares the president by bringing together all of the different perspectives that together make up national security. said he doesn't have to do it himself without help. on top of that though, we have to remember that each president we have this difference. a different kind of personality. they like sometimes to get their information in different ways. for example, the first president i served under richard nixon, didn't like comedians. he would rather have all of the paper's and all of the views and then he would go back to his room where his private office and study them so you can make a decision. his successor was just the opposite. he was not an expert in foreign policy. but he liked to hear the issues, examined and explicated by his staff talking to each other. so what was the way he ingested information. he'll do it the way he wants to do it, even th
the beginning, it didn't work very well because presidents either didn't like it or in the case of eisenhower, it turns partly into a military staff system. but that is what really to me, that is what basically the nsc is supposed to do. it scares the president by bringing together all of the different perspectives that together make up national security. said he doesn't have to do it himself without help. on top of that though, we have to remember that each president we have this difference. a...
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eisenhower warned us about the military industrial complex, and we've worked it. got to pay attention to this one. >> that is a terrific note on which to end our conversation. my thanks to this wonderful audience who bombarded you with fantastic questions, as they always do at the commonwealth club. my thanks and the commonwealth's club thanks to wesley clark for his service to our country, for sharing his thoughts so openly and enthusiastically with us and for making a contribution to political tolerance and compromise in our country. >> corey, thanks a lot. [applause] [laughter] >> i want the last word here. [laughter] look, we have to come together as a nation. we've got to stop this dysfunctional politics in america. and if we come together, we can put this country on the right direction. i've laid out a blueprint for it, we should hold our political leaders responsible for coming together. that should be the standard. [applause] >> and on that note, this meeting of the commonwealth club is adjourned! [applause]
eisenhower warned us about the military industrial complex, and we've worked it. got to pay attention to this one. >> that is a terrific note on which to end our conversation. my thanks to this wonderful audience who bombarded you with fantastic questions, as they always do at the commonwealth club. my thanks and the commonwealth's club thanks to wesley clark for his service to our country, for sharing his thoughts so openly and enthusiastically with us and for making a contribution to...
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just as attorney general herbert brownum agreed with president eisenhower in 1956 when he paroled foreign-born orphans into the united states for adoption. just as attorney general edward levy agreed with president ford in 1976 when he granted extended voluntary departure to lebanese citizens. just as ed meese agreed with ronald reagan in july 1987 when he shield nicaraguan refugees from deportation and when he shielded polish nationals from deportation and in october 1987 when president reagan protected from deportation minor children of parents legalized in the 1986 immigration law. just as attorney general richard thornburgh agreed with george herbert walker bush in 1989 when he protected chinese nationals from deportation after tiananmen square. and in february of 1990 when president bush extended president reagan's family fairness policy to spouses and unmarried children, all undocumented at the time. and just as john ashcroft agreed with president george w. bush when he expedited naturalizeation for green cardholders who enlisted in the military in 2002. so this isn't a fundamental repub
just as attorney general herbert brownum agreed with president eisenhower in 1956 when he paroled foreign-born orphans into the united states for adoption. just as attorney general edward levy agreed with president ford in 1976 when he granted extended voluntary departure to lebanese citizens. just as ed meese agreed with ronald reagan in july 1987 when he shield nicaraguan refugees from deportation and when he shielded polish nationals from deportation and in october 1987 when president reagan...
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eisenhower, of course, used that precedent in sending troops to little rock, arkansas, to enforce the supreme court decision on
eisenhower, of course, used that precedent in sending troops to little rock, arkansas, to enforce the supreme court decision on
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i was expecting on behalf of president eisenhower, something like that. i thank you for your service. immediately. i would have liked to play the star spangled banner. it was really something. i went to boot camp and open to japan. when i use the word magic, the technical term is hospital corpsman, but a little obscenity, we were actually called at projectors -- pepper checkers in case you didn't know that because of the prevalence of gonorrhea. there wasn't much gonna react in a psychiatric ward. not sure i did much of the pepper checking if you will. the book begins with a quotation from the german philosopher nietzsche. when there was peace the warlike man attacks himself. that is instructive because it was peace time. this was after korea before vietnam. hospital was essentially empty in yokosuka japan. the psychiatric wards where both full to overflowing. i always wondered if there may be something the use of the word ptsd pre traumatic stress disorder. if i could describe a typical patient, when it comes to mind who is important because later on i w
i was expecting on behalf of president eisenhower, something like that. i thank you for your service. immediately. i would have liked to play the star spangled banner. it was really something. i went to boot camp and open to japan. when i use the word magic, the technical term is hospital corpsman, but a little obscenity, we were actually called at projectors -- pepper checkers in case you didn't know that because of the prevalence of gonorrhea. there wasn't much gonna react in a psychiatric...
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the beginning it didn't work very well because presidents either didn't like it, or in the case of eisenhower, he turned it partly into a military staff system. but that's what really, to me, that's what basically the nsc is supposed to do. it serves the president by bringing together all of the different perspectives that together make up national security. so that he doesn't have to do it himself without his help. on top of that, though, we have to remember that each president we have is different, a different kind of personality. they like to get their information in different ways. just, for example, the first president i served, richard nixon, didn't like meetings. he would rather have all of the papers and all of views, then he'd go back to his room or his private office and study them and make a decision. his successor was just the opposite. he was not an expert many foreign policy -- in foreign policy, but he liked to hear the issues examined and explicated by his staff talking to each other. so he loved meetings. it was the way he ingested information. and you can go on and on. each
the beginning it didn't work very well because presidents either didn't like it, or in the case of eisenhower, he turned it partly into a military staff system. but that's what really, to me, that's what basically the nsc is supposed to do. it serves the president by bringing together all of the different perspectives that together make up national security. so that he doesn't have to do it himself without his help. on top of that, though, we have to remember that each president we have is...
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it was to overturn a case brought by the united states department of justice during the eisenhower administration. so what does that mean for today's discussion? accords in 1953 and congress in 1961 both premised their decision on the importance of local ticket sales, on the importance of maintaining the economics of the leak. that was over half a century ago. it is vertically legitimate for this to read this if the statute and ask to the same economic principles apply today, we sports fans coalition believe they don't. moreover, any time the government gives a gift to a professional sports league, and is perfectly legitimate to ask, should any conditions be attached to that gift? does the gift still makes sense? it is after all a gift from the american people to a private multibillion dollar's organization to get an antitrust exemption for your type of business practice. >> thank you are a match. my time has expired. >> senator franken. >> mr. goodfriend, instead of blackouts during retransmission contract disputes, it is especially concerning to me because that could potentially affect fans of
it was to overturn a case brought by the united states department of justice during the eisenhower administration. so what does that mean for today's discussion? accords in 1953 and congress in 1961 both premised their decision on the importance of local ticket sales, on the importance of maintaining the economics of the leak. that was over half a century ago. it is vertically legitimate for this to read this if the statute and ask to the same economic principles apply today, we sports fans...
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every single president since eisenhower has used executive action to provide discretionary relief from deportation. nonetheless, the president's critics have relentlessly attacked the legitimacy of his action. some of my colleagues have emphasized that we must enforce our immigration laws and secure our borders in their opposition to miss saldana. ironically, my republican colleagues are opposing the nomination of the director of an agency responsible for these very things -- security our border and enforcing our immigration laws. and some republicans don't even want to fund the department of homeland security at all. those who are concerned about immigration enforcement and border security should ask themselves how does opposing sarah saldana's nomination and putting d.h.s. funding in question make our borders more secure? how do these actions ensure effective enforcement of our laws? they do not. if you want to truly and permanently address our broken immigration system, we need congress to work together to pass comprehensive immigration reform which the american people overwhelmingl
every single president since eisenhower has used executive action to provide discretionary relief from deportation. nonetheless, the president's critics have relentlessly attacked the legitimacy of his action. some of my colleagues have emphasized that we must enforce our immigration laws and secure our borders in their opposition to miss saldana. ironically, my republican colleagues are opposing the nomination of the director of an agency responsible for these very things -- security our...
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there's a sensitivity but i think it was eisenhower who said finding a qualified catholic. -- fine to me a qualified catholic but it has to do with notions of representation. i mean, the notion that there would be a woman on the court was very important for the notion of representation and i suppose protestants are upset that is not a protestant on the court. and it also raises a lot of interesting i think theoretical issues, because it goes directly to this question of can you bleach out, quote-unquote, to be a professional do you have to bleach out your personal distinctions, your personal characteristics? and i think that was a notion of what it was to be a professional in the '40s and '50s and before. so you had this view that you're supposed to remove your jewishness on being a lawyer, remove your catholicism from being a lawyer. and i think we have a very different view of the world now, and that raises some interesting problems and solves other ones. but i think we should be aware that we are living in a world where, in fact, it's not just judge justice -- justices, but all pol
there's a sensitivity but i think it was eisenhower who said finding a qualified catholic. -- fine to me a qualified catholic but it has to do with notions of representation. i mean, the notion that there would be a woman on the court was very important for the notion of representation and i suppose protestants are upset that is not a protestant on the court. and it also raises a lot of interesting i think theoretical issues, because it goes directly to this question of can you bleach out,...
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that the formation of this organization, the national conference on citizenship, was from truman and eisenhower who believed that this was a vehicle for channeling the patriotic urges of returning veterans into community service. this is really what we're about, how we began. other questions, please? >> good morning. first off, thank you very much to all the panelists for your lovely insight. ms. simon, one thing i really enjoy is that you describe the millennial generation as a solutions-oriented one. with that being said, i understand that the issue of economic inequality can't be solved overnight, but what is one tangible act that we can begin on to begin that process or that journey when we all leave here today? >> i refuse to say that's a question for me. [laughter] he said what is one tangible thing that people can do, what is one tangible thing that people can do to begin the journey of -- >> the journey of working towards -- to begin the journey of working towards these issues, what is that one step that we could begin today when we leave here? >> okay. well, i think one nice place to s
that the formation of this organization, the national conference on citizenship, was from truman and eisenhower who believed that this was a vehicle for channeling the patriotic urges of returning veterans into community service. this is really what we're about, how we began. other questions, please? >> good morning. first off, thank you very much to all the panelists for your lovely insight. ms. simon, one thing i really enjoy is that you describe the millennial generation as a...
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when president eisenhower left office in 1961, congress passed legislation at his request that restored his military title. he wanted to be remembered as a career soldier, rather than the commander in chief. my 33 years in uniform define my life. i will always be a soldier. as a soldier, as a husband to my wife, jannette, who has been my partner for 31 years, as a proud dad to michael and taylor, as a father-in-law to my daughter-in-law, april and as the grandfather of a little girl named kennedy who will inherit this great nation, i will return to civilian life with great hope for the united states senate and for the united states of america. i along with millions of others will be watching closely and imploring members in this chamber to check politics at the door and instead focus on the future. honor the veterans and their families who sacrificed so much for us, honor the seniors who have heard promises from you and i, honor the most vulnerable amongst us. they are who we all should fight for. madam president, i am forever grateful to have served the people of montana in this buildi
when president eisenhower left office in 1961, congress passed legislation at his request that restored his military title. he wanted to be remembered as a career soldier, rather than the commander in chief. my 33 years in uniform define my life. i will always be a soldier. as a soldier, as a husband to my wife, jannette, who has been my partner for 31 years, as a proud dad to michael and taylor, as a father-in-law to my daughter-in-law, april and as the grandfather of a little girl named...